diff --git a/app/assets/js/assetguard.js b/app/assets/js/assetguard.js
index ca55089e..60a9482d 100644
--- a/app/assets/js/assetguard.js
+++ b/app/assets/js/assetguard.js
@@ -382,8 +382,12 @@ class AssetGuard extends EventEmitter {
     static refreshDistributionDataRemote(launcherPath){
         return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
             const distroURL = 'http://mc.westeroscraft.com/WesterosCraftLauncher/westeroscraft.json'
+            const opts = {
+                url: distroURL,
+                timeout: 2500
+            }
             const distroDest = path.join(launcherPath, 'westeroscraft.json')
-            request(distroURL, (error, resp, body) => {
+            request(opts, (error, resp, body) => {
                 if(!error){
                     distributionData = JSON.parse(body)
 
diff --git a/app/assets/js/mojang.js b/app/assets/js/mojang.js
index 4ca9faf0..486f2dfd 100644
--- a/app/assets/js/mojang.js
+++ b/app/assets/js/mojang.js
@@ -89,14 +89,19 @@ exports.status = function(){
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
         request.get('https://status.mojang.com/check',
         {
-            json: true
+            json: true,
+            timeout: 2500
         },
         function(error, response, body){
 
             if(error || response.statusCode !== 200){
                 console.warn('Unable to retrieve Mojang status.')
                 console.debug('Error while retrieving Mojang statuses:', error)
-                reject(error || response.statusCode)
+                //reject(error || response.statusCode)
+                for(let i=0; i<statuses.length; i++){
+                    statuses[i].status = 'grey'
+                }
+                resolve(statuses)
             } else {
                 for(let i=0; i<body.length; i++){
                     const key = Object.keys(body[i])[0]
diff --git a/app/assets/js/preloader.js b/app/assets/js/preloader.js
index f324cdf3..dd175452 100644
--- a/app/assets/js/preloader.js
+++ b/app/assets/js/preloader.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ AssetGuard.refreshDistributionDataRemote(ConfigManager.getLauncherDirectory()).t
 
     console.log('%c[Preloader]', 'color: #a02d2a; font-weight: bold', 'Attempting to load an older version of the distribution index.')
     // Try getting a local copy, better than nothing.
-    AssetGuard.refreshDistributionDateLocal(ConfigManager.getLauncherDirectory()).then((data) => {
+    AssetGuard.refreshDistributionDataLocal(ConfigManager.getLauncherDirectory()).then((data) => {
         console.log('%c[Preloader]', 'color: #a02d2a; font-weight: bold', 'Successfully loaded an older version of the distribution index.')
 
         onDistroLoad(data)
diff --git a/app/assets/js/scripts/landing.js b/app/assets/js/scripts/landing.js
index ccc897cb..3ad6edc1 100644
--- a/app/assets/js/scripts/landing.js
+++ b/app/assets/js/scripts/landing.js
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ const refreshMojangStatuses = async function(){
     try {
         const statuses = await Mojang.status()
         greenCount = 0
+        greyCount = 0
 
         for(let i=0; i<statuses.length; i++){
             const service = statuses[i]
@@ -167,17 +168,23 @@ const refreshMojangStatuses = async function(){
 
             if(service.status === 'yellow' && status !== 'red'){
                 status = 'yellow'
-                continue
             } else if(service.status === 'red'){
                 status = 'red'
-                break
+            } else {
+                if(service.status === 'grey'){
+                    ++greyCount
+                }
+                ++greenCount
             }
 
-            ++greenCount
         }
 
-        if(greenCount == statuses.length){
-            status = 'green'
+        if(greenCount === statuses.length){
+            if(greyCount === statuses.length){
+                status = 'grey'
+            } else {
+                status = 'green'
+            }
         }
 
     } catch (err) {
@@ -915,51 +922,58 @@ function loadNews(){
         const distroData = AssetGuard.getDistributionData()
         const newsFeed = distroData['news_feed']
         const newsHost = new URL(newsFeed).origin + '/'
-        $.get(newsFeed, (data) => {
-            const items = $(data).find('item')
-            const articles = []
+        $.ajax(
+        {
+            url: newsFeed,
+            success: (data) => {
+                const items = $(data).find('item')
+                const articles = []
 
-            for(let i=0; i<items.length; i++){
-                // JQuery Element
-                const el = $(items[i])
+                for(let i=0; i<items.length; i++){
+                    // JQuery Element
+                    const el = $(items[i])
 
-                // Resolve date.
-                const date = new Date(el.find('pubDate').text()).toLocaleDateString('en-US', {month: 'short', day: 'numeric', year: 'numeric', hour: 'numeric', minute: 'numeric'})
+                    // Resolve date.
+                    const date = new Date(el.find('pubDate').text()).toLocaleDateString('en-US', {month: 'short', day: 'numeric', year: 'numeric', hour: 'numeric', minute: 'numeric'})
 
-                // Resolve comments.
-                let comments = el.find('slash\\:comments').text() || '0'
-                comments = comments + ' Comment' + (comments === '1' ? '' : 's')
+                    // Resolve comments.
+                    let comments = el.find('slash\\:comments').text() || '0'
+                    comments = comments + ' Comment' + (comments === '1' ? '' : 's')
 
-                // Fix relative links in content.
-                let content = el.find('content\\:encoded').text()
-                let regex = /src="(?!http:\/\/|https:\/\/)(.+)"/g
-                let matches
-                while(matches = regex.exec(content)){
-                    content = content.replace(matches[1], newsHost + matches[1])
-                }
-
-                let link   = el.find('link').text()
-                let title  = el.find('title').text()
-                let author = el.find('dc\\:creator').text()
-
-                // Generate article.
-                articles.push(
-                    {
-                        link,
-                        title,
-                        date,
-                        author,
-                        content,
-                        comments,
-                        commentsLink: link + '#comments'
+                    // Fix relative links in content.
+                    let content = el.find('content\\:encoded').text()
+                    let regex = /src="(?!http:\/\/|https:\/\/)(.+)"/g
+                    let matches
+                    while(matches = regex.exec(content)){
+                        content = content.replace(matches[1], newsHost + matches[1])
                     }
-                )
-            }
-            resolve({
-                articles
-            })
+
+                    let link   = el.find('link').text()
+                    let title  = el.find('title').text()
+                    let author = el.find('dc\\:creator').text()
+
+                    // Generate article.
+                    articles.push(
+                        {
+                            link,
+                            title,
+                            date,
+                            author,
+                            content,
+                            comments,
+                            commentsLink: link + '#comments'
+                        }
+                    )
+                }
+                resolve({
+                    articles
+                })
+            },
+            timeout: 2500
         }).catch(err => {
-            reject(err)
+            resolve({
+                articles: null
+            })
         })
     })
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 95f2b252..961f0da4 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -178,11 +178,11 @@
       "integrity": "sha1-8S4PPF13sLHN2RRpQuTpbB5N1SU="
     },
     "async": {
-      "version": "2.6.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/async/-/async-2.6.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-xAfGg1/NTLBBKlHFmnd7PlmUW9KhVQIUuSrYem9xzFUZy13ScvtyGGejaae9iAVRiRq9+Cx7DPFaAAhCpyxyPw==",
+      "version": "2.6.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/async/-/async-2.6.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-fNEiL2+AZt6AlAw/29Cr0UDe4sRAHCpEHh54WMz+Bb7QfNcFw4h3loofyJpLeQs4Yx7yuqu/2dLgM5hKOs6HlQ==",
       "requires": {
-        "lodash": "^4.14.0"
+        "lodash": "^4.17.10"
       }
     },
     "async-exit-hook": {
@@ -1755,9 +1755,9 @@
       }
     },
     "lodash": {
-      "version": "4.17.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash/-/lodash-4.17.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-eCA6TRwyiuHYbcpkYONptX9AVa4="
+      "version": "4.17.10",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash/-/lodash-4.17.10.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-UejweD1pDoXu+AD825lWwp4ZGtSwgnpZxb3JDViD7StjQz+Nb/6l093lx4OQ0foGWNRoc19mWy7BzL+UAK2iVg=="
     },
     "lodash.isequal": {
       "version": "4.5.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5583385f..a9bc18ff 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   "homepage": "http://www.westeroscraft.com/",
   "dependencies": {
     "adm-zip": "^0.4.11",
-    "async": "^2.6.0",
+    "async": "^2.6.1",
     "discord-rpc": "^3.0.0-beta.10",
     "ejs": "^2.6.1",
     "ejs-electron": "^2.0.3",